Physical Damage from OCD
Question:
Koontz Obsessive-Compulsive New York (AP) — Dean Koontz writes grim, gritty fiction. In real life, he’s a neat freak. His Newport Beach, Calif., home is meticulously clean. His clothing is always perfectly pressed. In his refrigerator, cans are lined up in ruler-straight rows, Pepsi in one, Diet Pepsi in another. But things used to be more extreme. He used to be a recluse who never gave interviews. Decades of obsessive tooth-brushing caused gum damage requiring extensive dental surgery. "I’ve gotten better about my obsessive-compulsive behavior," Koontz says in the June 25 issue of Rolling Stone, "but I still have a compulsion about neatness, a revulsion of insects like cockroaches, and a fear of flying." —————————————————————- The Koontz article brought to mind just how physically damaging severe ocd can be. I got tendonitis from checking doorknobs and pushing a lawn mower up a tree to cut the grass at its base. I still have clicking in that wrist. I used to twist inward on my foot when I was playing pinball and ended up turning ordinary flatfoot into spastic peroneal flatfoot which required surgery. I had years of severe pain after this where I would limp on the foot and have to soak it in epsom salt and warm water. Physical therapy has not given me back the full range of motion of the foot though the pain and swelling has dramatically decreased from years of walking. Has anyone else sustained physical damage from their ocd? The Panicky Guy
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I’m sure that physical injury caused by OCD symptoms is extremely common. My father-in-law has horribly chapped hands from washing. People also do damage to things, such as breaking the knobs off electrical appliances from "making sure" they are really off. BGraceFild
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Panicky Guy wrote: > Koontz Obsessive-Compulsive > New York (AP) — Dean Koontz writes grim, gritty fiction. In real life, he’s a > neat freak. > His Newport Beach, Calif., home is meticulously clean. His clothing is always > perfectly pressed. In his refrigerator, cans are lined up in ruler-straight > rows, Pepsi in one, Diet Pepsi in another. > But things used to be more extreme. He used to be a recluse who never gave > interviews. Decades of obsessive tooth-brushing caused gum damage requiring > extensive dental surgery. > "I’ve gotten better about my obsessive-compulsive behavior," Koontz says in the > June 25 issue of Rolling Stone, "but I still have a compulsion about neatness, > a revulsion of insects like cockroaches, and a fear of flying." > —————————————————————- > The Koontz article brought to mind just how physically damaging severe ocd can > be. I got tendonitis from checking doorknobs and pushing a lawn mower up a > tree to cut the grass at its base. I still have clicking in that wrist. I > used to twist inward on my foot when I was playing pinball and ended up turning > ordinary flatfoot into spastic peroneal flatfoot which required surgery. I had > years of severe pain after this where I would limp on the foot and have to soak > it in epsom salt and warm water. Physical therapy has not given me back the > full range of motion of the foot though the pain and swelling has dramatically > decreased from years of walking. > Has anyone else sustained physical damage from their ocd? > The Panicky Guy
I may have some damage from drinking to much.. /Tom
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Armilius wrote: > > Has anyone else sustained physical damage from their ocd? > > The Panicky Guy > I may have some damage from drinking to much.. > /Tom
I think I may have caused damage from drinking too much to. Looking back, I think it made the OCD worse. During the time I was drinking too much, I didn’t know I had OCD or anything.
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> Has anyone else sustained physical damage from their ocd?
I have been having chest pains which may be linked to the constant fear and stress caused by my OCD. //es —–== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==—– http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum
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On Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:40:44 GMT, krosn…@my-dejanews.com wrote: >> Has anyone else sustained physical damage from their ocd? >I have been having chest pains which may be linked to the constant fear and >stress caused by my OCD. >//es
Mostly too much skin rubbing off makes for raw hands is one of the more common ones.
